Scientific American Magazine Vol 324 Issue 4

Scientific American

Volume 324, Issue 4

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Features

Adaptive Optics Branches Out

Adaptive Optics Branches Out

A tool built for astronomy finds new life combating space debris and enabling quantum encryption

Dark Matter's Last Stand

Dark Matter's Last Stand

A new experiment could catch invisible particles that previous detectors have not

How to Debunk Misinformation about COVID, Vaccines and Masks

We each have more power to be a science communicator than we realize

How to Make a Hippogriff Fly and Other Flights of Fancy

A paleontologist and an illustrator team up to make mythical creatures follow biomechanical rules

The Mathematics of How Connections Become Global

The Mathematics of How Connections Become Global

Percolation theory illuminates the behavior of many kinds of networks, from cell-phone connections to disease transmission

Can Natural Gas Be Part of a Low-Carbon Future?

A sweeping overhaul could make the gas system a much cleaner energy source

Telescopes on Far Side of the Moon Could Illuminate the Cosmic Dark Ages

Telescopes on Far Side of the Moon Could Illuminate the Cosmic Dark Ages

Instruments deployed on missions to the lunar far side might give us an unprecedented view of the early universe

Departments

Advances
Killer Leaves Emerge from Plant-Butterfly Arms Race
Volcanic Ash Threatens Pompeii's Buried Murals
In Case You Missed It
Data Show Shifting Colors of U.S. Rivers
Vaccine Could Save Critical Tiger Population
Forecast or Remember: The Brain Must Choose One
Wildfire Recovery Aided with Planting Model
Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal
This Flower Is Really a Fungus in Disguise
Observatory
Scientists Should Admit They Bring Personal Values to Their Work
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: April 2021
Reviews
Sweeping Whale Streaming Series, Profile of CRISPR Discoverer and an Examination of Future Realities
Graphic Science
Our Bodies Replace Billions of Cells Every Day
From the Editor
How to Be an Effective Science Communicator
Meter
Poem: 'Picture a Clerihew'
Letters
Readers Respond to the December 2020 Issue
The Science of Health
At Last, Some Help for Meth Addiction
The Science Agenda
Stop Domestic Terrorism
Forum
We Need a National Institute of Climate Change and Health